Trump will dump himselfDear Editor, It’s hard to believe that Donald Trump leads the Republican polls on who they favor for the next president, but he does. The only ones answering the poll must be the angry right-wing v...

Trumped-up chargesDear Editor, I was appalled to read that presidential candidate Donald Trump dodged the Vietnam War. To serve one's country is a great honor. I myself served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam era...

Ranting New YorkersDear Editor, Last Thursday, I saw a women in a rant against a parking attendant, and today I read about Reggie Jackson's rant at a fan that wanted two signatures. Both of these people were wrong in...

The cruelest cutDear Editor, Of course, I knew what my neighbor was referring to when she told me last week as we watched her young daughter clowning around on her little pink bike - "Look, Ma, one hand!" - that h...

Wrong choiceDear Editor; I am perturbed at the fact that Caitlyn Jenner received the Arthur Ashe award for courage and not Lauren Hill who I felt more deserving. Granted, people who are transgender suffer much...

A tough lessonDear Editor, I do not think the Flushing school principal did anything wrong excluding those kids that could not pay the carnival fee. I think these kids need to learn life is about the “haves” and...

Blessed from birthDear Editor, Donald Braggadocio Trump, the quintessential "Self-Made Man," is indeed if "self" means having a millionaire father. From the moment of his birth, Donald Trump was assured success. The...

Trump out of lineDear Editor, While Donald Trump certainly has the right speak his mind, he does not have the right to say insulting things about Senator John McCain, who was a Vietnam war veteran and a hero. Who d...

Devil in the detailsDear Editor: City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito recently unveiled the new $78.5 billion budget to her loyal flock of members. Unless the council members took an Evelyn Woods speed-reading c...

Go solarDear Editor, The summer has definitely arrived, and our air conditioners are stretched to their limits. And though my utility has given me lots of tips on how I can help reduce the burden on the el...

Saved in BrooklynDear Editor: The Our Lady of Mount Carmel Feast has come again to Williamsburg. As Italian-Americans honor Our Lady of Mount Carmel and San Paolino Di Nola, I wish to express my heartfelt thanks to...

Sanders for realDear Editor, In his most recent column, Anthony Stasi wrote "supporters of Bernie Sanders are not in it for the long haul and that they will ultimately marry Clinton." I don't know what he's been w...

Decisions, decisionsDear Editor, At last we see a number of decisions coming out of SCOTUS. They've been a long time coming. They were diverse, and as would be expected, were received by each of our political parties ...

On TV dinnersDear Editor, July 18 marked the 10th anniversary of the passing of TV dinner inventor Gerry Thomas. In the early 1950's, Thomas observed how airlines provided passengers with meals in aluminum serv...

Agreeing with Cruz?Dear Editor Poor Ted Cruz. The Texas senator and one of a slew of Republican Presidential candidates is apocalyptic at the very thought that the United States Supreme Court voted that marriage betw...